Oct 22, 2019 City Council Regular Meeting

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START WITH AN

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THERE YOU GO. OK.

PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME.

DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY.

THIS COUNCIL MEETING ASKING FOR YOUR BLESSING, GRANT THAT OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAVE EARS TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THEY SO GRACIOUSLY SERVE.

PLEASE GIVE ASSURANCE OF WHAT WOULD PLEASE YOU.

SO WHAT WOULD BENEFIT THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN OUR BELOVED CITY? IN YOUR BLESSED NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WITH US HERE TODAY.

REMIND ME YOUR LAST NAME.

YES. ADRIAN AVILA IS HERE FROM TROOP EIGHTY SEVEN.

AND ADRIAN, COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

YES, MA'AM. SO YOU WORKING ON YOUR EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT? I AM, YES, MA'AM.

ARE YOU DOING THAT ON SATURDAY? SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 10:00 A.M.

TO 4:00 P.M., PARTNERING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

YES. WELL, IT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IN THE AMARILLO FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? SO WHAT WE ARE DOING ARE OUTREACHING TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY IN THE SAN JACINTO AREA TO INSTALL FIRE ALARMS. THE UNITS WE WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GONNA BE VERY IMPACTFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY.

NOT ONLY ARE WE SHOWING THEM THAT WE CARE, BUT WE'RE SHOWING THEM THAT THEY HAVE A STRONG COMMUNITY TO BACK THEM UP.

FANTASTIC. THAT'S SO AMBITIOUS.

SO HOW MANY SMOKE DETECTORS DO YOU THINK YOU'LL INSTALL ON SATURDAY? OUR GOAL IS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY.

BUT I AM DEAD SURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET 300 DONE.

YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM.

AND IT'S THANKS TO MY VOLUNTEERS AND EVERYONE WHO HAS COME TOGETHER TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE A SUCCESS.

SO, YES, MA'AM. AND THANK YOU TO YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE HOURS AND TESTS, PARENTS.

YES. YOU'RE VERY CLOSE TO HAVING THAT WONDERFUL PROJECT FINISHED.

AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE YOUR ALMOST ALL YOUR WORK DONE FOR YOUR EAGLE.

YES, MA'AM. JUST I HAVE ONE MORE ONE.

THAT'S COOKING.

RIGHT. COOKING.

AND I AND I CAN COOK A VERY GOOD STEAK.

I THOUGHT MAYBE THE CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE WERE GONNA GET TO CHECK THAT BOX.

OH, WELL, WHILE YOU'RE HERE, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO LEAD US TODAY IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? OF COURSE.

YES, MA'AM. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

ALLEGIANCE].

THANK YOU, ADRIAN. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

AND THAT WAS FUN FOR ADRIAN BECAUSE HE GOT TO GET OUT OF SCHOOL TO COME AND DO THAT.

BUT ADRIAN, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH FUN THAT IS FOR US.

OH, WE LOVE IT.

FRANCES I'M NOT SEEING ANY SHEETS FOR PUBLIC ADDRESS.

NO ONE SIGNED UP. OK, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM ONE A.

[A. Review agenda items for regular meeting and attachments;]

HEARING NOTHING. ITEM 1 B IS AN UPDATE FROM STAFF ON MARTIN ROAD LAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

[B. Martin Road Lake Improvements Update;]

THANK YOU, MAYOR COMMISSION I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THIS PROJECT I HAVE WITH ME TODAY.

CURTIS PATEL AND JORDAN EVERHART OF HDR ENGINEERING.

AND WE'LL BE KIND OF TAG TEAM IN A PRESENTATION HERE AS WE MOVE ALONG MY PORTION OF THAT.

FIRST WILL BE THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.

THIS PRESENTATION WILL ACTUALLY BE A PREQUEL TO A PRESENTATION THAT WILL HAVE TO.

TONIGHT AT ROGERS ELEMENTARY, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK, WHICH IS RIGHT ADJACENT TO MARTIN ROAD LAKE. AND THIS WILL BE BASICALLY THE SAME PRESENTATION WILL BE GIVEN.

AND THEN THERE'LL BE KIND OF AN OPEN HOUSE TOP COMMENT SESSION THIS EVENING WHERE WE'RE SEEKING SOME PUBLIC INPUT AND PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM FROM THAT COMMUNITIES SPECIFICALLY AND HELP US GUIDE US THROUGH THROUGH THIS PROJECT.

SO THE AGENDA FOR THE PRESENTATION, THOUGH, IS, IS PROJECT HISTORY AN OVERVIEW WHICH I'LL BE GOING THROUGH AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TO CURTIS TO GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC

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AND THEN ULTIMATELY I'LL COME BACK UP TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FINANCE AND THE ULTIMATE SCHEDULE OF THE JOB.

SO UP FIRST, LITTLE PROJECT HISTORY.

THIS IS THIS PROJECT AND THE WORK THAT'S OUT HERE AT THIS AREA CAN BE TRACKED ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2005 AND A VERY, VERY BIG HURRICANE SEASON THAT HAPPENED IN 2005 NATIONALLY THAT BECAME THAT THAT STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH FEMA AND SPECIFICALLY A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NFIP, THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM, WHERE COMMUNITIES WERE EFFECTIVELY ASKED TO EVALUATE THEIR LIABILITY AS IT RELATES TO THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM AND TO LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS AND AND THINGS THAT THAT THAT WE COULD DO TO REDUCE THAT LIABILITY.

THAT CONVERSATION, COMBINED WITH LOCAL NEEDS AND CONCERNS, ACTUALLY LED UP TO OUR 2012 THE CITY'S CURRENT 2012 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DRAINAGE UTILITY DEPARTMENT AND OUR CURRENT DRAINAGE UTILITY FEE WHERE WE CREATED AN ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT AND STARTED FUNDING THESE THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.

AND SUBSEQUENTLY THAT IDENTIFIED THE MARTIN ROAD LAKE BASIN AS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RISK BASIN'S IN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE 143 STRUCTURES, PRIVATE STRUCTURES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STRUCTURES WITHIN THE 100 YEAR FLOOD BOUNDARY OF THE LAKE, AND THAT ACCUMULATES TO APPROXIMATELY 15 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PRIVATE ASSETS THAT ARE IN JEOPARDY OF IN THAT IN THAT 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN, NOT TO COUNT JUST THE COUNTLESS COST OF ACTUALLY DISTURBED LIVES AND IN THE EVENT OF A OF A FLOOD EVENT, OF A CATASTROPHIC FLOOD EVENT.

SO IN 2013, A DESIGN IS ALMOST STARTED TO REMOVE THOSE 143 STRUCTURES FROM THAT FROM THAT FLOODPLAIN. AND AND TO ULTIMATELY HOPEFULLY IMPACT THE ACTUAL RATE, FLOOD INSURANCE RATE LIABILITY THAT THE CITY EXPERIENCES AND THAT THE RATEPAYERS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO PAY INTO THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM, BECAUSE THAT INSURANCE PROGRAM IS BASED ON RISK. AND SO EACH COMMUNITY GETS A AN ASSESSMENT AND ITS RATEPAYERS WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY PAY BASED ON THAT RISK ASSESSMENT.

AND SO THE PROJECT WAS STARTED TO SPECIFICALLY TO REMOVE THOSE STRUCTURES FROM THAT 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN. WHILE THAT WAS A SOUND OBJECTIVE.

THERE WERE MISSTEPS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PROJECT, TWO OF WHICH, IN MY OPINION, LED US ULTIMATELY RIGHT BACK HERE, SUCH THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL THERE IS ADDITIONAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE ON THE JOB TO ACHIEVE THOSE ORIGINAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND MOVE US IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION IN 2015 DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT. THERE WAS A MOST OF THE INLET STRUCTURES INTO THE LAKE.

THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL STRUCTURES THAT BRING THE STORM WATER INTO THE LAKE HAD EITHER BEEN COMPLETED OR WERE VERY CLOSE TO BEING COMPLETE.

AND WE HAD A AN APPROXIMATE 10 YEAR RAIN EVENT, WHICH IS NOT A HUGE RAIN EVENT STATISTICALLY. AND A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURES THAT WERE BEING CONSTRUCTED OR NEAR CONSTRUCTION OF THAT OF THAT LAKE WERE INUNDATED BY THAT RELATIVELY STATISTICALLY SMALL EVENT, 10 YEAR RAIN EVENT.

THE CONTRACTOR AT THE TIME, BASICALLY.

RAISED HIS HAND AND SAID, HEY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL WE'RE GONNA BE CONTINUING TO CONSTRUCT A PROJECT THAT APPEARS TO BE STATISTICALLY UNDERSIZED, AND SO WE HALTED CONSTRUCTION.

WE DID SOME ANALYSIS AND ULTIMATELY DETERMINED THAT, BUT THAT HE WAS CORRECT, THAT WE ULTIMATELY CANCELLED THAT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR AND CANCELLED THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION CONTRACT THAT WE HAD WITH THE ORIGINAL DESIGN ENGINEER. ABOUT THAT SAME TIME WE WERE AND THAT THAT BEING THE FIRST MISSTEP, THAT THOSE DESIGN FLAWS BEING THE FIRST MISSTEP ABOUT THAT SAME TIME WE WERE UNDERGOING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT CITYS PARK DEPARTMENT WAS UNDERGOING AN EVALUATION OF OF HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION.

THEY WERE PERFORMING A MASTER PLANNING EFFORT ON THAT ON THAT LAKE AND ON THE WHOLE PARK AREA OVER THERE, THE BALLFIELDS.

THERE'S A THERE'S A PARK TO THE NORTH OF 15TH AND WHAT THOSE AMENITIES WOULD ULTIMATELY LOOK LIKE. AND THAT PLANNING EFFORT HIGHLIGHTED THE SECOND MISSTEP, WHICH WAS A DRASTIC

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THAT WAS THE LAKE.

THE THE ENGINEERING DESIGN OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT OVERESTIMATED THE DRAINAGE FUNCTIONALITY OF THAT LAKE AND FAR UNDERESTIMATED THE NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITY THAT THAT WAS THE LAKE. AND THAT WAS THE SECOND MISSTEP IN THAT ORIGINAL PROJECT THAT THAT BRINGS US HERE TO A TO A POINT WHERE MORE AND MORE WORK IS IS NEEDED.

THOSE TWO WITH THOSE TWO ITEMS MORE CLEARLY IN FOCUS.

THE THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH HDR, IN COORDINATION WITH HDR ENGINEERS IS BASICALLY HERE TO OUTLINE WHERE WE GO, WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.

AND HOW DO WE MAKE THIS TURN THIS INTO A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT.

I FEEL LIKE MAYBE HISTORY WAS A LOT OF STOP THERE AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT DOCUMENT OR INFORMATION.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. SO WHAT IS A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT LOOK LIKE? WHAT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD? HOW DO WE MAKE THIS PROJECT? TURN THE SHIP AND MAKE A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT, THAT IS.

SORRY I MISSED MY SLIDE.

WE ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THROUGH THE MASTER PLANNING PROJECT THAT WE DID IN COORDINATION WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND AND THROUGH OTHER PUBLIC INPUT THAT WE HAVE, WE WE UNDERSTAND THE BROAD GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT.

BUT WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT.

WE WANT TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN A IN A IN A IN A MAJOR WAY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT AMENITY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, WHAT AMENITY THEY EXPECT AND UNDERSTAND THE EXPECTATIONS THAT THEY HAVE MOVING FORWARD FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR THIS THIS LAKE AS PART OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO OUR MAJOR GOALS AND OBJECTIVE IS TO REESTABLISH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITY WITH LAKE ACCESS AND THEN LIKEWISE PROVIDE THE DRAINAGE FUNCTIONALITY THAT IS REQUIRED TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THAT CATASTROPHIC FLOOD EVENT.

WE INTEND TO FULLY OPERATE THIS PLAYA WITHIN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS SUCH THAT IT IS A BENEFIT TO OUR DRAINAGE UTILITY DEPARTMENT AND A BENEFIT TO OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM AND A BENEFIT TO THE ULTIMATE RATEPAYERS WITHIN THE CITY.

AND THEN LASTLY, PROBABLY A LITTLE INSIDE BASEBALL THAT WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY PRESENT, NOT ALL THAT VALUABLE TO THE PUBLIC, BUT VERY VALUABLE HERE AND VERY VALUABLE TO STAFF IS IS ESTABLISHING A LINE OF DEMARCATION AT THE FACILITY.

YOU MAINTAIN A DRAINAGE FACILITY VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN YOU MAINTAIN A PARK.

AND THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS IN THE USE OF THOSE TWO FACILITIES.

AND SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR TWO DEPARTMENTS, TOO, THAT ARE THE TWO MAIN, MAIN DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED. MY DRAINAGE UTILITY DEPARTMENT AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE MAINTENANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTATIONS ARE MOVING FORWARD. AND LIKEWISE, TO KNOW A PHYSICAL BOUNDARY OF WHAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, WHAT THEY NEED TO BUDGET FOR, WHAT THEY NEED TO PLAN FOR TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

THEN LASTLY, ARE THE NOT LASTLY OR NOT LEGALLY, MAYBE, BUT LASTLY, CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS. AND WHAT WE'RE BEGINNING WITH THIS STEP RIGHT HERE AND TONIGHT IS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND. SOLICIT FEEDBACK SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW TO INCORPORATE THE THE PUBLIC INPUT INTO OUR DESIGN ALTERNATIVES.

WHAT WE HEARD MOST RESOUNDINGLY FROM THROUGH THE PLANNING DOCUMENTATIONS AND PLANNING EFFORTS THAT WE'VE PUT FORTH TO DATE ARE THAT THE PUBLIC EXPECTS A FISHING AMENITY.

THEY THEY HAVE VERY FOND MEMORIES OF THE USE OF THAT LAKE AS A FISHING AMENITY AND PART OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEY WANT THAT BACK.

THEY WANT ACCESS TO SOME SORT OF OF PUBLIC SPACE THAT THEY CAN ENJOY AND THAT THAT THAT THEY CAN FISH IN. AND SO WE'RE SEEKING TO TO INCORPORATE INTO ANY DESIGN SOLUTION AS A CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR, A FISHING AMENITY SUPPORTED BY THE CITIZENS.

THEN WE'VE GOT TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH STEEP SLOPES ON THE SIDES OF THE POND.

AGAIN, THE ORIGINAL WAS ON OVERESTIMATING THE FUNCTIONALITY AS A DRAINAGE FEATURE RESULTED IN IN A PROJECT THAT WAS HEAVY ON THE EXCAVATION AND LIGHT ON ON THE ON THE AMENITY SIDE. AND SO THAT RESULTED IN AND STEEPER SLOPES OF THE PONDS.

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WE WANT TO BE THE SPACE THAT IS ENJOYED AND SECURED FOR FOR THE PUBLIC.

AND THEN WE WANT TO ADEQUATELY SIZE ALL THE INPUT, ALL THE INFLOW STRUCTURES, ALL THE THE ENGINEERING ADEQUATELY SIZED THE LAKE TO ACHIEVE ITS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND AND FUNCTION WITH MINIMAL MAINTENANCE FOR IT FOR THE DRAINAGE UTILITY.

AND THEN LASTLY, PROTECT THOSE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE VALUE, THAT IS BY REMOVING THOSE HUNDRED FORTY THREE STRUCTURES FROM FROM THE FLOODPLAIN AND BEING RESPONSIVE TO OUR NFIP REQUIREMENTS. SO THAT IN THAT SHOWS WHAT ARE WHAT ARE WHAT WE'RE AIMED AT.

AND I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO CURTIS WITH HDR ENGINEERS AGAIN, AND HE'S GOING TO OUTLINE SOME OF THE WAYS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS GETTING TO THOSE SOLUTIONS.

RIGHT. THANK YOU.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO KIND OF GO ON THROUGH THE THE FIRST EFFORT HERE, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED ON THE PROJECT WAS GETTING UPDATED TOPOGRAPHY FOR THE PARK.

SO BACK IN JUNE, WE HAD ONE OF OUR SUB CONSULTANTS FLY LIGHT OUR FRUIT FOR THE PARK AREA USING A DRONE, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE US VERY DETAILED INFORMATION TO HELP US UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOW DEEP THE EROSION IS AROUND THE SLOPES AND WHATNOT.

AND THAT'S THAT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE.

SO BUT AS KYLE MENTIONED, I MEAN, THE FIRST EFFORT HERE IS REALLY THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

IN ORDER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE FISHING AMENITY, THEY NEED TO FEEL LIKE THEY'VE HAD SOME SOME ROLE IN HELPING DEFINE WHAT THAT IS.

SO IT STARTS WITH OUR WITH OUR LISTENING SESSION TONIGHT.

WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE SAME PRESENTATION WITH THEM.

AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, WE'LL DO A LISTENING SESSION REALLY TO TRY TO HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW THEY USE THE PARK IN THE PAST.

WE KNOW THE FISHING COMMUNITY HAS BEEN A LARGE PART OF THAT AND WE DO HAVE A SERIES OF MEETINGS PLANNED WITH THEM.

AFTER THAT, IN MID-NOVEMBER, WE'LL BE DOING A WORKSHOP WITH THEM, REALLY LOOKING AT FOUR OPTIONS WHICH ARE SHOWN HERE ON THE LOWER RIGHT.

THE FIRST OPTION IS TO DO THE FISHING COMMUNITY AND IN THE LARGE WESTERN LAKE, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT THEY HAD BEFORE, THAT ONE IS MAYBE A LITTLE WHILE.

IT'S ALL DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE LARGE VOLUME, BUT IT ISN'T IS AN OPTION.

THE SECOND OPTION WOULD BE TO TO DO THE FISHING COMMUNITY IN THE EASTERN LIKE THAT WAS EXCAVATED BACK IN 2014 AND 2015.

AND THEN THERE'S TWO OTHER OPTIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT.

ONE IS KIND OF IN THAT NORTHEAST CORNER AND THEN ONE'S IN THE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.

THE TWO OPTIONS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE OVERALL LAKE OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BETTER WATER QUALITY. THEY WOULD LIKELY BE WELL-FED SO THAT THEY AVOID, YOU KNOW, THE POLLUTANTS THAT COME IN WITH STORMWATER.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS THAT THE WHAT THE STORM DRAIN IS BRINGING TO THE TWO EXISTING LAKES IS NOT 100 PERCENT WATER.

I MEAN, IT'S IT'S RUNOFF FROM STREETS AND FROM SOME INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND DIFFERENT THINGS. SO BUT BASICALLY AT THIS MEETING IN MID-NOVEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO THEM THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH OF THESE OPTIONS AND HAVE KIND OF A SESSION WHERE WE'VE GOT THE OPTIONS ON BOARDS ON FOUR CORNERS OF THE ROOM AND LET THEM HAVE INPUT AS TO WHICH THEY FEEL WOULD BE BEST SUITED.

WE'LL ALSO BE COORDINATING WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE IN TERMS OF THE FISH THAT THEY CAN SUPPLY SO THAT WE'RE KIND OF DESIGNING THE AMENITY FOR THAT.

I MEAN, WITH WITH NO NATURAL STREAM COMING INTO THE PLAYA, IT'S PRETTY MUCH A A PUT AND TAKE FISHERY, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE BEING RESTOCKED ON A ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, HOW IT WAS BEING DONE BEFORE 2015.

SO WE WANT TO COORDINATE AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE.

ONE OF THE MEMBERS ON OUR TEAM AT HDR, KEN [INAUDIBLE], IS OUR NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF FISHERIES DESIGN.

AND SO WE'VE ENGAGED HIM.

HE LIVES IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, AND HE'LL BE HELPING US COME UP WITH THESE CONCEPTS.

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AND KEN IS VERY INTERESTING TO TALK TO BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE TEMPERATURE RANGE FOR EACH SPECIES OF FISH AND HOW MUCH VOLUME DO THEY NEED AND ALL KINDS OF DETAILS.

BUT THE GOAL OF THAT IS TO REALLY GET AN AMENITY THAT THAT WORKS WELL AND IS SUSTAINABLE FOR FOR AMORILLO THAT YOU GUYS KNOW.

YOU KNOW, THE OPERATING COSTS OF THAT SO THAT IT'S A SUCCESS FOR FOR BOTH THE CITIZEN AND FOR THE RESIDENTS IN ADDITION TO THE MEETING THERE IN THE EVENING IN MID-NOVEMBER.

THE NEXT DAY, WE'LL HAVE KIND OF A MID-DAY OPEN HOUSE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN COME BY AND TALK TO THE DESIGN TEAM, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

WE'LL BE KIND OF SUMMARIZING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND THEN PRESENTING KIND OF A PREFERRED FISHING COMMUNITY DESIGN.

THEY'RE EITHER LATE NOVEMBER OR EARLY DECEMBER.

AND THAT WOULD BE KIND OF THE THE PORTION OF THE PROJECT THAT THE WAY WOULD THEN MOVE FORWARD INTO DESIGN PLANS FOR THAT, AS WELL AS THE REPAIRS OF ALL THE EROSION AROUND THE AROUND THE FACILITY. SO ONE BENEFIT OF THIS IS ALSO, I GUESS, THE PART OF THE DALE STREET REPAIRS. WE'LL HAVE A CONTRACTOR ONBOARD THAT WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE MEETINGS AS WELL. SO.

REAL. SO AS WE GOT STARTED, WE WERE KIND OF ENVISIONING A PROCESS WHERE WE COULD ENGAGE THE RESIDENTS AND WORK THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT THE FISHING COMMUNITY AND THEN DEVELOP PLANS. BUT WE START LOOKING AT THE EROSION THAT'S OCCURRING IMMEDIATELY DOWN STREAM OF DALE STREET. AND WE WERE WONDERING IF DALE STREET'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE FOR ANOTHER YEAR WITHOUT WITHOUT SOMETHING BEING DONE TO TRY TO GET THE FLOW FROM THIS FROM THE STORM DRAINS, CULVERTS SAFELY.

END OF THE POND. THE TWO PICTURES HERE ON THE RIGHT, THE UPPER ONE WAS TAKEN BACK IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN, WHICH THERE WAS ALREADY SOME EROSION HAPPENING UNDERNEATH ARTICULATING CONCRETE BLOCKS. AND THEY WERE THEY WERE PRETTY WAVY, BUT THEY WERE STILL THERE.

YOU KNOW, AS OF JUNE, THE BLOCKS ARE COMPLETELY GONE.

AND THAT'S EATEN ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO JUST RIGHT AT THE HEAD WALL.

SO IF WE WAITED ANOTHER YEAR TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS, WE MIGHT END UP HAVING TO REBUILD PART PARTS OF DALE STREET.

SO. SO FOR THAT REASON, WE KIND OF SEPARATED OUT OF PHASE 1, WHICH IS THE CRITICAL REPAIRS TO THE STREET.

A BIG PART OF THAT IS CONSTRUCTION OF A CONCRETE VAULT TO HELP DROP THE THE FOUR PIPES, THERE ARE THREE PIPES COME FROM PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE TO THE TO THE SOUTH.

THE FOURTH PIPE REALLY DRAINS THE WATERSHED WAY ACROSS AMARILLO BOULEVARD AND ALL THE WAY UP THE RAILROAD. SO, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF FLOW THAT COMES THROUGH.

AND IN ORDER TO CATCH THAT AND BRING IT DOWN TO THE LAKE SAFELY, WE'VE GOT TWO CONCRETE VAULTS, ONE UPPER VAULT, WHICH IS ABOUT 20 FEET DEEP.

AND THEN IT CUT THAT DISCHARGES INTO A BOX.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A SECOND VAULT.

THAT'S THE OTHER 20 FEET.

THERE'S ABOUT 35 FEET OF FALL FROM FROM THOSE CULVERTS DOWN TO THE DOWN TO THE POOL.

AND THAT'S THAT'S WHY THE GAUGES ALL RESULTS AND ALL THE EROSIVE ENERGY THAT COMES OUT AND HAS DONE ALL THIS EROSION.

SO THAT'S CRITICAL REPAIRS IS FOCUSED ON THE PORTION OF THE OVERALL REPAIRS THAT WE WOULD HAVE RECOMMENDED ANYWAYS.

BUT WHEN WE'VE ADVANCED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT IN ORDER TO GET UNDERWAY HERE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH WITH THAT REPAIR.

SO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE WILL START HERE THIS NEXT MONTH AND IS SCHEDULED TO FINISH UP IN JUNE OF 2020.

AND IT CAN'T HAPPEN TOO SOON.

THEN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT IS REALLY THE PATH FORWARD FOR THE REPAIRS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OF THE WATERSHED.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, AS KYLE MENTIONED, IS AN OVERALL WATERSHED MODEL OF USING THE SOFTWARE XP SWIM, WHICH IS A TWO DIMENSIONAL HYDRAULIC MODEL THAT'S ABLE TO TO MODEL THE STORM DRAINS THAT BRING THE FLOW INTO THE LAKE, AND THEN IT'S ABLE TO MODEL THE INUNDATION OUTSIDE OF THAT AS WELL AS THE FLOW IN THE STREETS.

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ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF THE STORM DRAINS COMING IN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE LAKE IS LOW, THEY WORKED VERY WELL WITH HIGH CAPACITY.

BUT WHEN THE WEIGHT GETS UP AND THEY START THE BACK, WATER STARTS REDUCING THE CAPACITY OF THE STORM DRAINS. SO YOU REALLY NEED KIND OF A MODEL OF THE WHOLE FLOOD EVENT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S GOING TO FUNCTION.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT MODEL NOW FOR THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.

THEN WE'LL MODEL THAT THEY'LL STREET REPAIRS AND AND USE THAT MODEL TO DEVELOP OUR FINAL OUR FINAL REPAIRS FOR THE ENTIRE ENTIRE LAKE.

SO THIS DESIGN PHASE IS, AS KYLE MENTIONED, WOULD START UP IN JANUARY ONCE WE GOT THE FISHING AMENITY, THE PREFERRED FISHING AMENITY THAT THE PUBLIC WANTS TO SEE.

THAT WOULD BE MORE A MORE TRADITIONAL 30, 60, 90, 100 PERCENT PLANS DESIGN PHASE THAT CULMINATES IN JULY OF NEXT YEAR.

SO ABOUT THE TIME THAT PHASE 1 IS FINISHED, CONSTRUCTION WILL BE WE'LL HAVE A SET OF PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE REMAINDER.

AND WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT COULD BE 18 TO 24 MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION.

WE'LL HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR THAT ONCE WE ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT.

SO WITH THAT, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE FUNDING PLAN, AND SO I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO KYLE.

THANK YOU. SO A LITTLE ASIDE, AS I WAS LISTENING TO THAT PORTION OF THE CONVERSATION THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THAT SPOT WHERE THE MAYOR STOPS ME AND TELLS ME ON AN ENGINEER BECAUSE CURTIS AND I CAN REALLY GET AFTER IT.

WHEN WE START TALKING ENGINEER.

SO ONE OF THE OTHER SIDE NOTES IS THAT MR. EVERHART IS HERE FOR THAT SPECIFIC REASON.

AND WE'LL BE HELPING US FACILITATE THE PUBLIC MEETING THIS EVENING AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT OUR COMMUNICATION IS EFFECTIVE AND TO THE PUBLIC.

SO BUT LOVE CURTIS AND WHAT HE BRINGS AND WHAT WHAT HDR BRINGS TO THE TABLE FOR SURE.

THE PROJECT FOR FUNDING PLAN.

THE FUNDING PLAN FOR THE PROJECT DOES START WITH EFFECTIVELY THE REMAINING FUNDS, THE FUNDS THAT WE HAD LEFT OVER BY CANCELING THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.

AND THAT AMOUNTS SOMEWHERE AROUND THE OR IS SEVENTEEN FIFTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THEN LIKEWISE, THROUGH OUR CIP PLAN, WE IF YOU'LL REMEMBER BACK WHEN WE WHEN I ACTUALLY BROUGHT TO YOU THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR HDR, WE DID TALK ABOUT THE PHASE 1 DESTRUCTION.

AND OUR GOAL THERE WAS TO BE MOVING SOME DIRT BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY DECEMBER, KIND OF PRE KNOWING THAT WE HAD SOME ITEMS THAT WERE GOING TO GET CRITICAL THINGS THAT WE HAD TO ADDRESS UPFRONT.

AND SO WE WERE AIMED AT THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK IN DECEMBER.

WE'RE GONNA BEAT THAT SCHEDULE AND HIT IT HERE IN THE END OF OCTOBER 1ST, NOVEMBER.

SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

BUT THOSE THAT PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE THE APPROVED AMOUNT IN OUR 19/20 CIP PROGRAM AND APPROVED THROUGH THE 19/20 BUDGET.

AND THEN THAT THAT MILLION DOLLARS COMBINED WITH THE LEFTOVER FUNDS IS GOING TO FUND OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HDR AND THE PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

LOOKING FORWARD, WE ARE WE HAVE SET ASIDE IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN THE YEAR 2021, AN ADDITIONAL THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO FINISH THE REMAINING PORTION OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE WEST LAKE AND WHATEVER ITEMS ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR THE FOR THE FISHING AMENITY.

SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT NUMBER IS BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THOSE DESIGN EFFORTS AND MAKING SURE WE CAN MEET THE GOALS OBJECTIVES.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING RIGHT NOW AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS AS WE START GOING INTO OUR CIP PLAN AND DETAILING THOSE TO YOU FOR THE FIVE YEAR PROJECTION OF OTHER PROJECTS.

THAT PROJECT WILL BE INCLUDED.

WHAT I HAVE LISTED THERE IS THAT THE DALE STREET PROJECT IS CURRENTLY BID OUT NEXT WEEK, WHICH I'M SCHEDULED TO BRING TO YOU AND RECOMMEND THE AWARD OF THAT PROJECT TO A CONTRACTOR. WE GOT IT BID OUT AND READY TO GO AND FULLY FUNDED AND SO THAT WE'LL START THE PHASE ONE. AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IDENTIFYING THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR PHASE TWO, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT PROJECT IN THE FUTURE, AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF A PROJECT IN COORDINATION WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO TO FILL IN OTHER AMENITIES AS AS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THAT PICTURE OF A USABLE SPACE FOR THE PUBLIC AT THE END.

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NOW, JUST BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE COORDINATION BETWEEN UTILITIES AND PARKS. PARKS IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS AS WE GO THROUGH, BECAUSE EVERY DECISION WE MAKE TO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE ISSUES IS GOING TO HAVE AN OPERATIONAL IMPACT ON PARKS AND HOW PARKS HAPPENS AND ALSO HOW CITIZENS UTILIZE THE PARK AND HOW THEY ACCESS THE PARK AND HOW MUCH OF THE PARK THEY HAVE ACCESS TO.

SO I KNOW WE MENTIONED FOUR OPTIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT EVERY OPTION THAT WILL CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO FOR THE CITY TO BUILD THE CAPACITY NECESSARY IN THE DRAINAGE FEATURE WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING AN APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENT FOR CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE WATER FEATURES.

THEY ARE DRAINAGE FEATURES.

THEY WILL SERVE A DUAL PURPOSE, IDEALLY, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CREATE AS MUCH CAPACITY WHILE STILL MANAGING THOSE SLOPES TO MAKE IT A USABLE FEATURE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO EVALUATE.

WE'RE GONNA TO GET A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS AND USERS IN THE AREA AND FROM COUNCIL. WE WILL GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

WE WILL START DALE STREET IMMEDIATELY AND WE'LL MOVE THIS PROCESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO THAT. BUT AS YOU'VE HEARD, THERE'S SOME PRETTY LONG TIMELINES ON THERE.

AND I UNDERSTAND WE WILL PUSH ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROJECT TO MAKE THAT AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE. IT IS A BIG PROJECT AND IT HAS A BIG IMPACT ON THE AREA AND SURROUNDING AREA.

WE WILL OWN ANY MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE ON ASSUMPTIONS EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS.

WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MAKE THOSE MISTAKES AS WE GO THROUGH THIS DESIGN.

THIS WILL FIX IT. AT LEAST IT WILL PROVIDE THE NFIP IMPACTS THAT WE ARE PROJECTING.

YES. NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM IMPACTS.

THAT'S FINE.

THE NEXT TWO SLIDES REALLY ARE JUST ARE THE SCHEDULE OUTLINE OF BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF RELATIVELY SMALL KIND OF HIGHLIGHT OF THE KEY POINT.

IT POINTED OUT THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS FIRST PUBLIC MEETING.

THE CONSTRUCTION BEGAN OF PHASE 1 AND THEN KIND OF OUR FINAL PUBLIC MEETING SET UP THERE TO MOVE US INTO DESIGN OF PHASE 2, IF YOU WILL, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE THE PROJECTED COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION FOR PHASE 1 AND CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING ON PHASE 2.

AND WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS.

OK. WE'LL START HERE.

WORK THIS WAY. WOULD YOU JUST REPEAT AGAIN? WHERE AND WHEN THAT MEETING IS TONIGHT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO IT'S TONIGHT AT 6 O'CLOCK AT ROGERS ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS AT THE CORNER OF NORTH MIRROR AND DALE STREET AND DALE STREET.

YEAH, IT'S I THINK IT'S WILL ROGERS.

YES. WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY.

IS THAT A POSTED MEETING? YES. YES. ON THAT RISK RATING.

SO ARE YOU DESCRIBING IS IT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE? THAT SPECIFIC RATING BASED ON OUR FLOODING? WHAT PROPERTY COULD BE DAMAGED? IS IT IF YOU WOULD JUST CLARIFY AGAIN WHAT RATING YOU'RE TALKING? SURE. YES. SO.

SO EACH THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM IS RUN AND OPERATED THROUGH FEMA.

AND THERE ARE IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE NFIP.

WE ARE A MAPPED COMMUNITY, MEANING THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE PLAYAS, LAKES AND RIVERS THAT ARE MAPPED WITH SPECIFIC FLOOD ELEVATIONS.

AND THAT ESTABLISHED 100 YEAR FLOOD ELEVATION IS A IS A STATISTICAL BOUNDARY THAT AS AS YOUR FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR, MY DEPARTMENT IS CHARGED WITH LIMITING DEVELOPMENT INSIDE THAT BOUNDARY, AS WELL AS TRYING TO PROTECT THE STRUCTURES THAT ARE THAT ARE INSIDE THAT BOUNDARY. IN THE CASE OF MARTIN ROAD LAKE, THOSE MOST OF THESE STRUCTURES OR STRUCTURES WERE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THAT BOUNDARY ACTUALLY BEING ESTABLISHED, THE 100 YEAR FLOOD BOUNDARY OF THAT LAKE. AND SO THEY WERE MAPPED IN THOSE STRUCTURES WERE MAPPED INTO THE NFIP. BUT OVER ALL, IF YOU HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE, YOUR YOUR INSURANCE RATE IS DETERMINED BY THE RISK ASSESSMENT OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO A COMMUNITY THAT HAS A HIGHER RISKS, ITS ITS RESIDENTS WILL PAY A HIGHER FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUM INTO THE PROGRAM.

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SO IN MANAGING EXPECTATIONS, AS WE BEGIN THIS CONVERSATION.

AM I HEARING YOU SAY IF WE COME UP WITH DESIGNS THAT PUT A LOT OF THOSE AMENITIES BACK INSIDE THAT BOUNDARY, LIKE BENCHES AND PARK THINGS OR WHATEVER THAT WE TOOK OUT, THAT OUR RATINGS WOULD GO BACK UP AGAIN? OK. SO THE NFIP WILL NOT COVER THOSE CITY AMENITIES.

THOSE THINGS ARE NOT INSURED BY THE NFIP.

WHEN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT INSURANCE, IT IS SPECIFICALLY A STRUCTURE AND UNINHABITABLE STRUCTURE.

SO A HOME, A BUSINESS, THOSE THINGS ARE WHAT ARE COVERED BY THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. AND SO KNOW WHAT? WHAT I'M DESCRIBING IS THAT WE WANT TO REMOVE THOSE 143 STRUCTURES AND THEREBY DECREASING OUR COMMUNITY RISK.

AND THEY'RE ALL ACTUALLY PART OF A HDR'S CONTRACT.

WHEN WE'RE DONE IS TO RE MAP THE BOUNDARY THAT ONE HUNDRED YEAR BACK FLOODPLAIN BOUNDARY OF THE LAKE AND FILE A LOMR, A LETTER OF MAP REVISION THAT WILL ACTUALLY REVISE THAT AREA TO A SMALLER FOOTPRINT, REMOVING THOSE STRUCTURES FROM THE FROM THE FLOODPLAIN AND REMOVING THEM FROM THAT ELEVATED RISK FACTOR.

THAT MAKES SENSE. YES. GREAT CLARIFICATION.

AND ON THIS DALE STREET PROJECT, IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE PICTURE THAT HAD IT ACTUALLY HAD THE FUNDING INFORMATION THAT YOU HAD TWO PICTURES SIDE BY SIDE, AERIALS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. I THINK JUST ONE PICTURE, ONE SLIDE BACK ON THAT ONE LAST MAY NOT WORK.

SO THAT ONE WHERE I'M GUESSING THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS LOOKING TO BE THE IMMEDIATE REPAIRS.

AND I SEE TWO AREAS THAT ARE REALLY DETERIORATED IS PHASE ONE, REPAIRING BOTH OF THOSE AREAS. AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, JUST LIKE DEFINITELY LAYMAN'S TERMS, THEY SURE ARE LEANING WHAT YOU DO IN THE SHORT TERM TO STOP THAT EROSION GETTING INTO DALE STREET.

ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE ACTUALLY ARE THREE STRUCTURES ALONG THAT DALE STREET SIDE OF THE OF THE EAST LAKE. AND THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS ALL THREE TO TWO OF THOSE ON THE BOTTOM PICTURE HERE, BEING THAT SAME ONE YOU'RE OBSERVING FROM THE AERIAL VIEW.

AND THE OTHER PICTURE IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE WORST.

AND THAT REALLY IS RELATIVE TO THE VOLUME OF WATER THAT COMES INTO THAT LOCATION.

BUT WE ARE ADDRESSING ALL THREE OF THOSE LOCATIONS ALONG THAT DALE STREET SIDE.

AND IT WILL IT WILL FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE HOW THE WATER ENTERS THE LAKE ALONG ALONG THAT PERIMETER. THERE ARE TWO THERE ARE THREE OTHER MAIN INLETS TO THE WEST LAKE THAT WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING AT THIS TIME.

THEY WILL BE PART OF THE FUTURE DESIGN.

BUT THESE THESE THREE ARE THE ONE OR THE OTHER, THE NEXT THREE THAT BASICALLY BECAME THE BIGGEST ISSUES AS FAR AS EROSION.

SO, YES. AND THAT'S ONE OF THOSE AERIAL THAT'S AN AERIAL IMAGE OF THE SAME AS THEY.

PRETTY COOL AGAIN. GEEK OUT A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THEY SURVEY AND TAKE PICTURES WITH THEIR DRONE AT THE SAME TIME.

AND SO THAT IS THAT IS EXCELLENT DATA THAT'S ALLOWED US TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LAKE.

SO HOW DEEP IS THE.

EXCUSE ME, IS THE EAST AND WEST LAKES? HOW DEEP ARE THEY? BOTH OF THE LAKES NOW ARE ABOUT THE HOUR, ABOUT THE SAME DEPTH, ONLY ABOUT A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT TWO TO TWO TO THREE FEET.

AND THEY'RE THEY'RE EFFECTIVELY 30 FEET DEEP.

OK. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WILL THERE BE LIKE WALKABLE SIDEWALKS, ADEQUATE LIGHTING? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ALL OF THAT IS PART OF SAFETY AND MAINTAINING THE VEGETATION AROUND BOTH OF THE LAKES.

SO WE ABSOLUTELY ARE CONSIDERING THOSE AMENITIES.

WE WE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO HELP US IDENTIFY WHAT WHAT THE MAIN PRIORITIES ARE, BECAUSE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AT SOME POINT A LIMITED, LIMITED BUDGET TO WHAT ALL WE CAN DO.

AND SO WE DO WANT TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WHAT THE PUBLIC PRIORITIES ARE THERE AND WHAT WHAT AMENITIES, YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL ARE THE MOST BENEFICIAL TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT BUT ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S ON THE TABLE.

WHAT? WHAT I WOULD ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE PARK'S PLANNING PROCESS IS THAT WE FROM THAT INPUT, WE WE WE MOVE THE SPLASH PAD THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED ACROSS TO THE NORTH ON 15TH.

WE MOVE THAT FROM KIND OF THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE GENE HOUSE SIDE OF THE EAST LAKE

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WE DON'T WANT TO PUT OUR KIDS OVER IN THAT CORNER ADJACENT ADJACENT TO TO THE LAKE.

AND SO THROUGH THAT INPUT PROCESS, WE WE WE LEARNED AND WE MOVED SOME OF THOSE AMENITIES FURTHER AWAY. AND I ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL GET SOME OF THE SAME KIND OF FEEDBACK.

SO IT MAY BE THAT THAT THE THAT THE PUBLIC IS OK WITH WITH THAT WHERE WE SAY WE CONCENTRATE OUR PARK COMMUNITIES TO THE NORTH AND THE THE AMENITY THAT SURROUNDS THE LAKE IS REALLY GEARED TOWARDS THAT OUTDOOR ACTIVITY, MORE FISHING NATURE, ALMOST NATURE WALK TYPE TYPE SCALE.

AND AND WE'LL SEE WE'LL SEE WHAT THOSE WHAT THOSE ARE IDENTIFIED AS.

LIGHTING HAS ABSOLUTELY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A AS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.

AND AND WE CAN CONSIDER THAT EITHER ALONG THE PERIMETER OR MAYBE ALONG WHAT THOSE THOSE TYPES OF WALKING TRAILS. BUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ON THE TABLE, AS GERARD MENTIONS.

WE WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT GOING IN WITH A WITH A PREDETERMINED SOLUTION.

AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF CLOSING A SECTION OF MARTIN ROAD, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SURROUNDED BY BOTH OF THOSE LAKES? IS THAT IT? SURE.

THE CURRENT DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.

AGAIN, IT IS STILL ON THE TABLE.

WHAT WE LEARNED FROM FROM MEETINGS WITH SOME OF THE FISHING EXPERTS, BECAUSE I THINK IN GENERAL, I HAVE THAT IN MY HEAD AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT, THAT ONE OF THE SIMPLEST SOLUTIONS WOULD BE TO REMOVE MARTIN ROAD AND CAPTURE THAT VOLUME TO HELP US REDUCE THE FLOOD VOLUME OF THE LAKE.

BUT WHAT WE DID LEARN IS THAT VERY QUICKLY FROM THE FISHING GUYS AND IS THAT THAT CREATES A VERY DIFFICULT FISHING AMENITY TO MAINTAIN.

SO THE WATER QUALITY BECOMES AN ISSUE AND IT'S A SINGLE BODY OF WATER.

IF YOU'RE COLLECTING THE PETROLEUM BYPRODUCTS OFF THE STREET AND PARKING LOTS AND AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, YOU END UP DOING TREATMENT.

IT MAY BECOME A MAINTENANCE ITEM.

HOWEVER, WE ARE CONSIDERING ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE REALLY PUT TOGETHER A DESIGN TEAM WHO CAN HELP US EVALUATE THOSE THOSE POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES.

THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

I SEE THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE A DATE SET KYLE FOR MEETINGS TWO, THREE AND FOUR.

ARE THOSE GONNA BE AT ROGERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TOO? SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY.

I DO HAVE SOME DATES ON MY SCHEDULE AND ON MY SLIDE.

I PUT MID AND LATE BECAUSE I DID WANT A LITTLE FLEXIBILITY THERE FOR COORDINATION THROUGH OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT GROUP AND JORDAN AND AND THE REST.

AND SO I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS SET FOR THAT.

I BELIEVE WHEN WE'LL KNOW A LOT MORE TONIGHT, THAT WEATHER ROGERS ROGERS HAS HANDLED ARE THE PUBLIC MEETINGS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GONNA BE SIMILAR.

BUT IF IT IF IF WE DON'T FIT TONIGHT, WE'LL WE'LL CHANGE.

WE'LL GET US A NEW LOCATION.

WE'LL BE PREPARED FOR FOR SOMETHING GREATER.

BUT IF IT WORKS OUT, THEN, THEN WE'LL SET THOSE RIGHT AWAY AND GET PLENTY OF ADVANCE NOTICE SO EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE.

AND THAT'S JUST MY THING IS THAT I THINK COUNCIL CAN BE USED BETTER AS A CONTACT POINT IF YOU'LL GIVE US MORE SPECIFICS.

YES. YES, MA'AM. OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AREA IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

RIGHT. ROGERS SAYS IT'S A GOOD IDEA THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IT'S A GREAT AUDITORIUM.

THEY'VE GOT A STAGE ON ONE END.

AND IT HAS FACILITATED THE THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WE HAD THROUGH THE PARKS PROCESS.

AND THAT'S. SO I JUST I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IT WOULD BE CAPABLE OF THE SAME BEFORE ADVERTISE THE NEXT MEETINGS.

SURE. SO WE'LL KNOW THIS EVENING.

QUESTIONS ON THIS.

YES. I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO FENCE AROUND THE FENCE PART OF A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE OR NOT. SO IT IS.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABSOLUTELY CONSIDERING.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS A THERE'S THERE'S A DEBATE ON ON WHETHER JUST STRAIGHT FENCING THAT LAGOON CREATES A A AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE THAT IF WE DON'T PROVIDE THOSE THAT FISHING AMENITY OR SOME PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WANT THAT ACTIVITY TO TAKE PLACE, THAT THEY WOULD FIND A WAY AROUND THE FENCE, FIND A WAY THROUGH THE FENCE.

AND SO WHAT YOU KNOW, THEN THEN ARE WE ARE WE IN AN ENHANCED POLICING EFFORT OR ENHANCED EVEN SAFETY EFFORT TO HAVE A RESCUE ATTEMPT INSIDE A FENCED AREA?

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SO RIGHT NOW, IN MY OPINION, WE'RE WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING AT A FULL ENCLOSURE OF A FENCE. AND OUR DESIGN CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD TO DATE, IT HAD BEEN MORE OF A STRATEGIC TYPE IDEA WHERE WHENEVER WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC TO USE A SPECIFIC AREA FOR A PUBLIC AMENITY, THAT AREA MAY NEED TO HAVE ENHANCED SAFETY EFFORTS.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE EXAMPLE WHERE WE'RE USING ONE OF THOSE SMALLER LAGOONS UP AT THE SURFACE AS A AS A FISHING AMENITY, I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THERE'S SOME SORT OF BARRIER DEMARCATION BETWEEN WHAT IS TO BE A PUBLIC AMENITY AND WHAT IS TO BE THIS DRAINAGE UTILITY, FUNCTIONING INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THAT, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF TIMES, MAN, PRETTY EASILY MANIFESTS AS A AS SOME SORT OF FENCING OPTION. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT ELIMINATING THE TOTAL FENCE OPTION, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT.

THAT HELP. USE THE LEGAL TERM ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE AND ABSOLUTELY SAFETY HAS TO BE THE TOP PRIORITY, I AGREE.

BUT A FENCE WOULD BE TERRIBLY UNATTRACTIVE.

AND SO AGAIN, AS AN AMENITY TO THE COMMUNITY, WE'VE CHOSEN TO PUT THIS INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE AT A PLACE THAT AS A NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY USED IT.

SO I UNDERSTAND THOSE TWO THINGS COMPETE.

BUT I WANT TO SAY CONSIDER CONSIDER THE APPEARANCE AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S THE FEEDBACK THAT I CONTINUE TO GET IS APPEARANCE MATTERS GREATLY TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

YES. AND WE WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S THE WE'VE HAD.

THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN LET'S ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THIS SPACE THAT WE WANT THEM TO BE IN RATHER THAN RATHER THAN TRY TO JUST KEEP THEM OUT OF SPACE.

THAT WHEN I LOOK AT IT, I THINK IT'S RIGHT THERE.

IT'S THE SAME. I MEAN, IT CAN BE ATTRACTIVE TO GO TO OPTION FOUR IN THE CORNER, BUT IT'S GONNA BE RIGHT UP THERE AGAINST A FENCED INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE.

THAT'S OPTION NUMBER ONE.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU EVER MAKE THAT ATTRACTIVE IF IT'S FENCED.

SURE. SAFETY HAS TO BE THE PRIORITY.

ABSOLUTELY. BUT I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MAGIC WAND ISSUES.

WHOEVER'S GOT THE MAGIC WAND, WOULD THEY PLEASE, PLEASE BRING IT TO SOLVE THAT? THAT ISSUE IS.

OK. ANYTHING ELSE THEN? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, KYLE.

WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

IT'S A BIG PROJECT AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU. OK.

[C. Lovin' Local Shopping Day Update; and]

COUNCILWOMAN HAYS.

THANK YOU. WELL, I HAD HOPED THAT WE WOULD BE ANNOUNCING ALL OF OUR R WINNERS AND ROLLING THAT OUT. BUT THE SHOCKING THING IS WE HAVE STILL HAD DIFFERENT BUSINESSES DONATING GIFTS FOR THAT DRAWING EVEN AS LATE AS YESTERDAY.

SO WE WILL HOPEFULLY BE NAILING ALL THOSE FINALS DOWN AND IDENTIFYING AND NOTIFYING ALL OF OUR PRIZE WINNERS.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY, ALL OF OUR RETAILERS, THE MEDIA, FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THIS EVENT, AND ESPECIALLY JUST THE MEDIA THAT CAME TO OUR PRESS CONFERENCE HELPED US GET THE INFORMATION OUT ON THE TV STATIONS.

THE GLOBE NEWS RIGHT UP ON THE SUNDAY MORNING AFTER IT WAS JUST GREAT COVERAGE, GOOD INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, LOCAL SHOPPERS.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S ALWAYS CHALLENGING TO START SOMETHING NEW.

AND THIS IS JUST OUR SECOND YEAR OF DOING THIS EVENT.

AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE HIT THE HILL WITH A LITTLE LESS STEEP TO ENGAGE EVERYBODY.

AND, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR OR THIRD YEAR A TERM, I THINK IT WILL ACTUALLY EVEN HAVE HAVE EVEN GROUNDED BETTER.

BUT JUST I THINK IT WAS A VERY GOOD SUCCESS.

AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PARTICIPATION.

GREAT. DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT.

VERY MUCH. ITEM ONE D IS REQUESTING FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR ANY REPORTS FROM THE CITY

[D. Request future agenda items and reports from City Manager.]

POSSIBLE HAVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT PROGRAM THAT WOULD IT'S GOING TO

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I KNOW I'VE HAD A FEW QUESTIONS FROM CITIZENS CONCERNING.

TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THAT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW.

IT WILL ABSOLUTELY GET THAT.

GET AN UPDATE ON THAT FOR YOU.

THAT PROJECT IS WELL UNDERWAY.

SO BE THERE IS SOMETHING TO REPORT RIGHT NOW.

TALK ABOUT TIMING. YES.

YEAH. PHASES AND PHASE UPDATE.

WHAT'S THE E.T.A. THIS TIME? YES. WHAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN EACH DIFFERENT PHASE? SO WE'LL SHOW YOU THE MAPS ON WHERE WE'VE WHERE WE'VE DONE PROJECTS AND WHERE WHERE WE HAVE YET TO DO. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR NEXT WEEK.

OK. ANYTHING ELSE?

[2. CONSENT ITEMS]

YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY I AM ANY ANYONE OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE OF THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND

[A. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7826: (Contact: Cris Valverde, Assistant Director of Planning and Development Services) This is a public hearing and first reading to consider vacation of an existing 20-foot alley lying between Lots 1 through 5 and 6 through 10, Block 82, Plemons Addition, in Section 170, Block 2, A.B.&M. Survey, Potter County, Texas. (Vicinity: Southeast 7th Avenue and Pierce Street; Applicant: Potter County Judge Nancy Tanner.)]

MR. CITY MANAGER. MAYOR COUNCIL.

GOOD AFTERNOON. ORDINANCE 78 26 IS TO CONSIDER THE VACATION OF AN EXISTING 20 FOOT ALLEY BETWEEN LOTS ONE THROUGH 10 BLOCK 82 CLEMENTS ADDITION.

IT'S LOCATED IN SECTION 170 BLOCK 2 A, B & M SURVEY THE VICINITY OF SOUTHEAST SEVENTH AVENUE AND PIER STREET.

AND THE APPLICANT IS POTTER COUNTY.

POTTER COUNTY IS REQUESTING ABANDONMENT OF THE JUST MENTIONED ALLEYWAY IN ORDER TO CONSOLIDATE THE ENTIRE BLOCK AS A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT SITE FOR UPCOMING DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW POTTER COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

THE LAND ADJACENT TO THE ALLEYWAY PROPOSED FOR ABANDONMENT IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND THE COUNTY OWNS ALL LAND ADJACENT TO THAT PARTICULAR ALLEYWAY.

THIS VACATION REQUEST HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE CUSTOMARY CITY DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL UTILITY COMPANIES.

THERE IS UTILITY EQUIPMENT IN THE ALLEYWAY.

CURRENTLY, HOWEVER, THE COUNTY WILL BE RELOCATING ALL UTILITY EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COURTHOUSE.

AS WITH ANY REQUEST TO VACATE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, AN APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO PAY THE FAIR MARKET VALUE TO ACQUIRE THE ALLEYWAY, DEDICATE AN AREA OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE, PAY ONLY TO HIGHER COSTS OF THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OR REALLY RELOCATION COST OF UTILITY EQUIPMENT OR COMPETE COMPLETE A COMBINATION OF ANY OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE APPLICANT WILL BE RELOCATING.

AS I STATED EARLIER EARLIER, ALL UTILITY EQUIPMENT THAT ANTICIPATED COSTS FOR RELOCATION IS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THE APPRAISED VALUE FOR THAT ALLEY'S 46 BECAUSE THE RELOCATION COST DOES EXCEED THE APPRAISED VALUE. NO FAIR MARKET VALUE IS REQUIRED OR PAYMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST.

NOTICES HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THIS PROPOSED ABANDONMENT.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THE ALLEY, AS REQUESTED FOR ABANDONMENT, NO LONGER SERVES A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND IT VACATED WILL NOT HAVE ANY DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS ON THE AREA.

THEREFORE, THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AS PRESENTED.

OK. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS AT THIS TIME WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. IS ANYONE PRESENT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FOR, ON OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? YOU SEE, NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN EMOTION.

MAY I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 78 26, WHICH IS A VACATION OF AN EXISTING 20 FOOT ALLEY IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTH EAST 7TH AVENUE AND PIERCE STREET? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 78.

26. ANYONE HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT IT? HEARING NONE, WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE AND THAT CLEARS OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY. WE ARE HEREBY ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.